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Betting Big at Aceh's Semi-Legal Horse Races
In Indonesia's coffee country, the horses are legal, but the gambling isn't.
Sharia Court Canes Lesbian Couple as Malaysia Slides Toward Wider Anti-LGBTQ Crackdown
Authorites struck two women with a rattan cane six times each in the first such punishment for women accused of engaging in lesbian sex.
Two Gay Men Caned Under Sharia Law In Aceh, Once Again
Indonesia's anti-LGBTQ crackdown continues with the latest public display in its only Sharia province.
The Muslim Men Who Pray Non-Stop for 40 Days to Get Closer to God
Ramadan is about a lot more than just fasting in Aceh province.
In Sharia Heartlands, Women are Punished for Wearing Too Little, Shunned for Wearing Too Much
Aceh is the only province in Indonesia allowed to enforce Sharia Law, but these conservative bonafides aren't stopping people from making fun of women who choose the full veil.
There's a Battle Brewing Over Whether or Not the Public Can View Sharia Canings In Aceh
And, like everything these days, it has a lot to do with next year's presidential election.
Ex-GAM Combatants Still Struggling to Restart Life 12 Years After Aceh Peace Accord
When Aceh's separatist forces agreed to end their decades-long insurgency, the future of more than 2,000 combatants hung in the balance.
Officials In Aceh Want to Start Beheading Convicted Murderers Under Sharia Law
Could it actually happen?
Fear, and Defiance, In Aceh as Trans Women Come Under Attack
Authorities are arresting and forcibly shaving the heads of trans women detained in the latest anti-LGBTQ raids to hit Indonesia's only Shariah province.
Inside the Illegal Industry Cutting Down Indonesia's Rainforests
The Leuser ecosystem is supposed to be protected land. But the designation has done little to stop the spread of illegal logging syndicates.
Nope, a Virgin Mother Didn't Just Give Birth to a 'Magical Baby'
Talking babies, declarations of war, and a plot by communist-Islamist terrorists to infect us all with HIV. Here's another wrap-up of the worst fake news stories of the week.